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dsv424 · 11-13-2009, 10:34 AM

I see a lot of people saying to treat copper plated bullets like lead when working up a load. But the other day when I ordered some 9mm Ranier copper plated bullets it said to keep the velocity below 1500 fps. Well all of my recipes for 9mm FMJ are under 1500 fps so I would assume I can use these recipes for the copper plated rounds. If I were to load them as I do lead bullets the velocity would be around 900 to 1100 fps. I would think that as long as I adhere to the less than 1500 fps I could use FMJ recipes. What am I missing here?

11-13-2009, 10:34 AM	#1
dsv424 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Garland, Tx. Posts: 279	Don't understand treating copper plated like lead bullets I see a lot of people saying to treat copper plated bullets like lead when working up a load. But the other day when I ordered some 9mm Ranier copper plated bullets it said to keep the velocity below 1500 fps. Well all of my recipes for 9mm FMJ are under 1500 fps so I would assume I can use these recipes for the copper plated rounds. If I were to load them as I do lead bullets the velocity would be around 900 to 1100 fps. I would think that as long as I adhere to the less than 1500 fps I could use FMJ recipes. What am I missing here? -->